Published by Ocean Conservancy Last week, we learned President Obama is creating the world’s largest marine protected area by expanding the Hawaiian national monument of Papahānaumokuākea! We’re excited. Seriously excited. In honor of that announcement, here are five reasons we love Papahānaumokuākea, and how its expansion just means more to love. 1. The name While we […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund George Grant in Yellowstone National Park, 1933 NPS Historic Photos Collection “The Park Service needs me,” George Alexander Grant wrote in 1923 to Horace Albright, then superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. Grant had his heart set on becoming a photographer for the National Park Service (NPS), but his […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Visiting my parents in Miami is one of my favorite summer traditions. Friends sometimes question why we choose the hottest, most touristy season to fly cross-country to the Sunshine State, but we respond that there is something precious about those late-summer beach visits with the grandparents. Day at […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Written by Dr. Alistair Dove You may have seen in the press the recent announcement from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, that whale sharks (along with the enigmatic wing head shark) have been downgraded from Vulnerable to Endangered on the IUCN Red List. I thought it might help to explain exactly what […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Pathogen and organic pollution rises in more than 50% of river stretches in Africa, Asia and Latin America – Asia hit hardest by rise in severe pathogen pollution with up to a half of all river stretches affected – Up to 323 million people on three continents […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy By Chef Kyle Bailey Doing the right thing can also be fun. For chefs like me, working within the limits required under U.S. sustainable fisheries management law these last ten years hasn’t been a burden, it’s been a bonanza. Prior to 2006, when overfishing was still rampant in U.S. waters, the fishermen […]
Published by the Environmental News Service BOZEMAN, Montana, August 29, 2016 (ENS) – A fish kill caused by a microscopic parasite prompted Montana wildlife officials to shut down 175 miles of the Yellowstone River and its tributaries to recreation last week. The unprecedented move was taken to prevent a parasite that causes kidney disease in […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy This is HUGE! I’m so excited to share with you that President Obama just announced that he will quadruple the Hawaii Monument—creating the world’s largest protected marine area. It literally doesn’t get any bigger than this! Thank YOU to the more than 20,000 ocean supporters who took action this summer—asking President Obama to go […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund In just a few days, I will be leading an NRDC delegation of lawyers, scientists, and policy experts to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) World Conservation Congress, which will be held in the U.S. (Honolulu, Hawaii) for the first time in its 60-year history. […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd CEO and Founder Paul Watson Back in the U.S. After Two Year Absence The star of the ‘Whale Wars’ television series will make his first public appearance at Vermont Comic Con on Saturday, August 27. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has announced that Captain Paul Watson has recently entered […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Chile to sign Paris agreement, warming temps threaten potato crops, indigenous community challenges Nicaraguan canal To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. August 17 – 24, 2016 Climate Change Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced her intent to formally sign the […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “Europe has cathedrals. We have national parks,” says Stephen Saunders, president of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, neatly capturing the significance of these 59 national treasures, which include important monuments as well as parklands. But as we honor their majesty on this 100th anniversary of the National Park […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Approaching the finish line last week, a record number of comments flooded in about the Federal Highway Administration’s proposal to measure congestion, and adopt new standards for tracking and ultimately reducing carbon pollution from transportation plans. About 5,000 of these opposed the set of congestion metrics included in […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Who needs to know that American fish stocks may be once again at risk? Everyone who dines on American seafood. Every coastal town from the Northeast to the Gulf to Alaska that relies on commercial fishing. Every U.S. marina where recreational fishing boats are moored. Everyone who depends on a healthy marine […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The European Commission earlier this month released a startling new report acknowledging in detail the far-reaching environmental impacts of the exploding trans-Atlantic wood pellet trade. The report validates much of what NRDC and our partners in the environmental community on both sides of the Atlantic have been sounding […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Let’s create the world’s largest protected marine area, ever. The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to one of the most remote and fragile ecological areas in the world, called Papahānaumokuāke. Four years ago, President Obama expanded the Papahānaumokuāke Marine National Monument to protect 50 nautical miles that provide sanctuary to sea turtles, […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Written by Tori Glascock Each year an estimated 8 million metric tons, or 17 billion pounds, of plastic flows into the ocean. Enough is enough. First and foremost, an endless flow of trash into the ocean will affect the health of humans and wildlife alike as well as compromise the livelihoods that depend […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Nathan Rupert Life must have been pretty cushy for condors back in the Pleistocene. As connoisseurs of rotting flesh, these ancient buzzards would have had their pick of giant sloths, giant tortoises, giant armadillos, and the “giant” versions of myriad other hulking beasts. We’re talking about a time […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund It’s one thing to read scientific reports about the mental health impacts of climate and weather disasters and quite another to watch those impacts play out in real time on your Facebook feed. I used to live in Louisiana—first in Baton Rouge, and then in Lafayette—and my work […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Brazil’s senate approves Paris Agreement, Energy leads private investment in Chile, Malaria makes a comeback in Venezuela To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. Featured: Venezuela’s Public Health Crisis As if Venezuela’s recent economic collapse, public health crisis, energy […]